About the book: 2024 / The first non-state radio, Scorpions and Urah Heep tours, Yuri Antonov’s records, St. Petersburg underground, the legendary “Gorbushka” and the funeral of Vladimir Vysotsky - these phenomena largely shaped the culture of the Soviet 1980s. Radio host and music editor Sergei Sychev invites you on a nostalgic journey through a decade of great changes. Each year is a review of the main musical events, albums and artists, as well as lists of hits. Find out more about the times when you could only sit at rock concerts, and Depeche Mode became a cult overnight. Read a book about how music connected us.